#APPLE MAC MINI 2012 REVIEW SOFTWARE#
Your current Mac Mini scores 501 for single-core and 1119 for multi-core.Ī 2012 i7-3615QM (2.6GHz, 4-core) scores 665/2613Ī 2014 i5-4308U (2.8GHz, 2 core) scores 736/1583.Ī 2018 i3-8100B (3.6GHz, 4 core) scores 896/3199Ī 2020 M1 (3.2GHz, 8-core) scores 1705/7387 and can be had for €669 at the moment: Īs you can see the mult-core scores for 4-core Mac Minis (2012 i7 models and 2018 models) are much better than your (2-core) Mac Mini, but only useful if your software will make use of that.Ī Mac mini 2011 is what I'm still using for my job (graphics). What programs do/would you (like to) use? Do they use multiple cores and/or GPU? Time for something newer and I expect 10 years is over its life expectancy. I would like to find something used that could increase speed by approximately 50% for image editing programs. It is too early for us to know how far each will be able to go beyond that. These Minis are old enough that in most parts of the world, Apple no longer offers hardware repair service or spare parts for them. If Apple releases new versions of macOS at a rate of one per year, Catalina will fall out of "the last three" in late 2022, and you may have trouble finding new applications software after that.
Other World Computing – 2011 Mac Mini SSD upgrades If Activity Monitor's Memory Pressure graph shows a lot of red, you could also consider upgrading the Mini to 16 GB of RAM (the actual, as opposed to official, limit).
DIY add-on kits for 120 – 480 GB drives are cheap, and if you didn't want to risk operating on the Mini yourself, you could pay a repair shop to do it.
#APPLE MAC MINI 2012 REVIEW INSTALL#
One option might be to install a SSD in your 2011 Mini, alongside the existing HDD.